Physical Media’s End Looms as TiVo Breaks This News

Published: October 16, 2025

By India McCarty

Say goodbye to TiVo — the company just confirmed it will no longer be selling its physical DVR products.

“TiVo no longer manufactures hardware, and our remaining inventory is now depleted, though we will continue to offer support for the products going forward,” TiVo told Variety. “We are very proud of the TiVo DVR legacy, and the great experience TiVo has always provided lives on in our TiVo OS for Connected Televisions, which is available on televisions from Sharp in the US and multiple brands throughout Europe.”

TiVo Stops Selling DVRs, Exiting the Hardware Business After 26 Years https://t.co/uk222S94mW

— Variety (@Variety) October 14, 2025

This statement comes after Cord Cutters News brought attention to the fact that TiVo “scrubbed all references to its hardware DVR products, including the once-revered TiVo Edge models designed for cable subscribers and over-the-air antenna users.”

“Visitors searching for these devices now encounter a streamlined catalog that omits any mention of physical recording hardware, signaling a complete withdrawal from the retail DVR market,” the outlet shared.

TiVo has not released a new product since 2019, when they announced the TiVo Edge. The seventh-generation TiVo included 4K Dolby Vision HDR video playback capabilities with Dolby Atmos sound and could be used to record live TV, as well as access many streaming apps.

Streaming had a hand in the end of TiVo; as more people cut the cable cord, there was less and less of a need to record programs. Similar devices, such as Roku’s streaming device, are even branching out into the world of streaming as they try to find a way to turn a profit.

“Streaming is a tough business,” Michael Hiltzik, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist, wrote in a piece for the L.A. Times. “Major players such as Netflix and Disney are still trying to figure out the best way to attract and keep subscribers. Roku has turned a profit in only one year, 2021, since its 2017 initial public offering; last year it recorded a net loss of $129.4 million on revenue of $3.5 billion. Xperi, the owner of TiVo, hasn’t turned a profit since it was spun off from its former parent in 2022.”

He continued, “The TiVo and ReplayTV boxes that once identified their owners as early adopters of a new video technology have become candidates for museums of obsolete gizmos. They can be had on EBay for $20 or even less.”

TiVo isn’t completely bowing out of the TV industry, but as streaming continues to dominate traditional network TV, it’s had to make some changes to keep up with today’s entertainment world.

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